{"id":3498,"date":"2010-08-11T16:42:42","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T13:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2010-08-11T16:42:42","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T13:42:42","slug":"spanish-air-strike-called-off-after-tourism-industry-5246213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/spanish-air-strike-called-off-after-tourism-industry-5246213\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish air strike called off"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Spain’s air traffic controllers have called off a strike planned for later this month, saying they don’t want to further dent the country’s troubled tourism industry.
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\nAccording to MailOnline, around 300,000 British tourists stood to have their holidays ruined following the breakdown of negotiations over pay and working conditions on Friday.<\/p>\n

But after an outcry from Spain’s tourist industry and a damning response from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the UNSCA union has vowed to postpone the action.<\/p>\n

Spain’s tourism industry was hit particularly hard by the recession and, although many Britons will holiday there this summer, its overall visitor numbers have dropped dramatically the third year in a row.<\/p>\n

UNSCA spokesman Cesar Cabo said: ‘The union understands the concerns of the tourism sector and passengers.’<\/p>\n

Uncertainty over the possibility of strikes had already hurt last-minute bookings, which are lower than predicted. But tourism and airline officials feared visitor numbers could fall even further after talks with Spain’s airport authority AENA broke down last week.<\/p>\n

Many tourists had already looked at cancelling or postponing their trips.<\/p>\n

‘We would have liked the decision to be definitive and not just for the month of August,’ said Juan Ignacio Lema, chairman of AENA, in a statement.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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